[f. LINE v.1]
1. One who lines or fits a lining to anything.
1611. Florio, Foderáro,… a liner.
1881. Census Instr. (1885), 74. Straw Hat and Bonnet Making:… Liner. Ibid., 78. Furrier, Working…. Liner.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 7 Sept., 7/2. William Glover, a bucket liner, was thrown forward and struck among the girders.
Mod. Advt. Mantle finishers and liners wanted.
2. Mech. Something that serves as a lining. a. An inside cylinder, or a vessel placed inside another. b. A thin slip of metal, etc., placed between two parts to adjust them; a shim. c. A slab on which pieces of marble, etc., are fastened for grinding or polishing (Knight, Dict. Mech., 1875).
a. 1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 1 Sept., 2/1. The gun has a thin liner put in from the breech, extending over the powder-chamber … it is advisable to have thin liners, which can be easily taken out.
1887. D. A. Low, Machine Draw. (1892), 58. A is the cast-iron casing or barrel of the pump; B is a brass liner fitting tightly into the former at its ends.
1894. Times, 28 Feb., 6/6. The trial had to be abandoned owing to the heating of the eccentric strap of the port low-pressure engine and the destruction of the brass liner.
b. 1869. Sir E. J. Reed, Shipbuild., x. 181. On account of the edge-strips being worked inside the plates, liners had to be fitted at each frame.
1874. Thearle, Naval Archit., 114. Wide liners are fitted between the bulkhead frames and bottom plating.
1881. Greener, Gun, 237. The barrels are bored up within three inches of the muzzle with a fine-boring bit, using a spill and liners.
